Article(s)
Activists uncover secret executions in Nigeria
on 9 January 2008
Research by Amnesty International and a group of Nigerian NGOs has revealed that covert executions have been taking place in Nigeria’s prisons.
2008
Nigeria
Nigeria
Article(s)
New Jersey sets an example for US states
on 8 January 2008
The abolition of the death penalty in New Jersey on December 17 could pave the way for other US states. Death Penalty Focus’s Speedy Rice explains how some of them may make the move.
2008
Public Opinion
United States
Article(s)
Activists celebrate abolition in Uzbekistan
on 7 January 2008
Uzbekistan became the first state to abolish the death penalty in 2008. World Coalition members Community of Sant’Egidio and Mothers Against the Death Penalty, who have led a campaign in the region, welcome the move.
2008
Moratorium
Uzbekistan
Article(s)
Video: watch and think
on 7 January 2008
As the debate about lethal injections and the presidential election campaign are raging in the United States, a short film by two young directors establishes a link between the two.
Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment and Punishment
United States
Article(s)
EU establishes European Day Against the Death Penalty
on 12 December 2007
The change of government in Poland means that all EU member states now agree to take part in the World Day Against the Death Penalty every October 10.
2007
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Article(s)
Texas report released on 25th anniversary of lethal injections
on 12 December 2007
The Texas Coalition Against the Death Penalty released its report on the death penalty in the state in 2007 exactly 25 years after the first death American row inmate received a lethal injection.
Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment and Punishment
United States
Article(s)
International mobilisation saves the life of Filipina maid
on 12 December 2007
A Filipina woman sentenced to death in Kuwait for the murder of her employer has seen her sentence commuted to life imprisonment after joint action by migrant and abolitionist groups.
Kuwait
Philippines
Women
Article(s)
Hands Off Cain holds moratorium conference in Gabon
on 11 December 2007
The Italian-based abolitionist group organised the event in Libreville on December 10, Human Rights Day 2007, with the government of Gabon and financial backing from the Dutch government.
2007
Burundi
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Gabon
Gabon
Mali
Moratorium
Article(s)
Tuscany against the death penalty
on 1 December 2007
The Italian province celebrated the anniversary of the first law to ever abolish the death penalty on November 28.
2007
Italy
Moratorium
Article(s)
Cities for life – Cities Against the Death Penalty
on 29 November 2007
On November 30, over 600 cities worldwideincluding over 30 capital cities lit up their public buildings in opposition to the death penalty.
2007
Italy
